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Employers Gain Additional Defenses In Union Salting And Deferral Cases Thanks to New Guidance from NLRB Official

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The National Labor Relations Board’s Acting General Counsel recently issued two policy memos reshaping how you can handle union-related risks in salting and deferral cases. The salting guidance provides a roadmap for...more

Conn Maciel Carey LLP

[Webinar] Labor Arbitration – Maximizing Your Chances for Success - August 21st, 10:00 am PT

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Labor arbitrations often seem like the proverbial “box of chocolates” – you never know what you’re going to get. While uncertainty abounds, there are numerous steps companies and counsel can take to assess, prepare, and...more

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Third Circuit Rules That Arbitration Agreements in CBAs Without Durational Clauses do not Survive the Expiration of the CBAs

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Executive Summary: It is quite rare when a three-judge panel on a court of appeals overrules prior precedent. Yet, that is exactly what happened on March 30, 2022, in Pittsburgh Mailers Union Local 22 v. PG Publishing Co....more

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Sixth Circuit Rules Retiree Healthcare Benefits Claim Is Not Arbitrable

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The Sixth Circuit, in a split decision, held that a dispute between a union and an employer regarding retiree healthcare benefits was not arbitrable because the issue of retiree healthcare benefits was not encompassed within...more

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Overruling District Court, Second Circuit Affirms Individual Employees Are Bound By Arbitration Award Prosecuted By Their Union

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On July 29, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (the “Second Circuit”) handed down what amounts to a significant win for the collectively-bargained dispute-resolution process set forth in the...more

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New Year Cheer from the NLRB

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) delivered two New Year’s gifts to employers regarding deferral to arbitration and restrictions on union buttons....more

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NLRB Reinstates Broad Deferral of Discrimination Cases to Arbitration, Overruling the Obama Board’s 2014 Decision in Babcock &...

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The Trump National Labor Relations Board (Board or NLRB) gifted employers a significant win on the eve of the Christmas holiday with its December 23 decision in United Parcel Service, Inc., 369 NLRB No. 1 (UPS), which...more

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NLRB Gives End of Year Gift for Employers, Restores Longstanding Standard for Deferring to Arbitral Decisions

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In yet another end-of-2019 decision overruling significant NLRA precedent, the Board reverted to the less stringent Spielberg / Olin standard for determining whether to defer to arbitration decisions in the context of Section...more

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NLRB Revives Prior Standard on Arbitral Deference

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On December 23, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB, or the Board) overturned an Obama-era decision regarding deference to labor arbitration proceedings....more

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Second Circuit Sends Home Care Worker’s Putative Class Claims to Union Arbitration on an Individual Basis

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On July 2, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit handed a significant victory to New York’s home care industry.  In Abdullayeva v. Attending Home Care Services, the appellate court reversed a lower court’s...more

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